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| Dr. Ellen K. Pikitch is Executive Director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science and Professor at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. She is an international expert in ocean conservation science and management whose research has focused on the assessment of fish stocks, the management of bycatch, and ecosystem-based fishery management. Dr. Pikitch's scientific work has informed policy decisions such as passage of the U.S. Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000, the listing of beluga sturgeon as threatened with extinction under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and control of the international trade in great white sharks under the Convention on International trade in Endangered Species. A recipient of the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation (2000-2003), Dr. Pikitch has authored and edited over 100 articles and books on fisheries science and management. Dr. Pikitch received a PhD in Zoology from Indiana University in 1983 and MA and BS degrees in Mathematics from the City College of New York. For more information on the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science: http://www.oceanconservationscience.org |
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| Ellen Pikitch |
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